Ardeshir Nariman, 15, is fast approaching graduation. Like many boys his age in Mumbai—educated and upwardly mobile, his curiosity heavily seasoned with ambition—he’ll continue to college to study science when he finishes school this spring. Unlike most of the other boys, he will also be ordained a priest. Nariman’s education was supplemented by intense religious… Continue reading Can Higher Salaries Save Parsi Priesthood?
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Aging Parsis Turn to Community Charity
The Parsi ward at Mumbai’s JJ Hospital seems a particularly sunny convalescent home. Its full-length gothic windows and yellow-beige walls light 45 beds, which most patients cannot leave. The tiny piles of possessions beside beds hold journals, faded photographs and knitting needles. Article by Rosalie Murphy | Pulitzer Center Nergis Sidhwa, like most patients, came… Continue reading Aging Parsis Turn to Community Charity
Fereidoon Demehri Passes Away
Fereidoon Demehri, who started the yahoogroup Zoroastrian News Agency passed away in a accident earlier this week. ZNA writes: It is with deepest sadness we inform you that Mr. Fereidoon Demehri, the founder of our Zoroastrian News Agency (ZNA), passed away on Sunday January 18, 2015 at 12:57 PM in Vancouver Canada as a result… Continue reading Fereidoon Demehri Passes Away
Mehernosh Pastakia: Taste of India set to spread roots and flavor in China
You could call it a gut feeling. It was certainly a taste for adventure. Mehernosh Pastakia was sitting down at a well-adorned table at his restaurant in the China Overseas Plaza in Jianguomen Wai Avenue, one of three in Beijing, recalling his decision to come to China in 1991. Article by Mo Jingxi | China… Continue reading Mehernosh Pastakia: Taste of India set to spread roots and flavor in China
A winter time walk in Dadar Parsi Colony
Many moons ago, the bead-like red seeds that emerge from the tiny star shaped yellow flowers were used by Arabian Jewellers as units of weight because all of them have identical weights. These are from Ratan Gunj tree. As they say, nature provides the strangest story. Article by Sudeshna Chatterjee | DNA India As I… Continue reading A winter time walk in Dadar Parsi Colony
Dr. Roshan Bhappu: Science and Values in the Life of a Metallurgical Engineer
For over twenty years, the Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) produced in-depth oral histories of members of the mining community, under a project called “Western Mining in the Twentieth Century,” which was overseen by Eleanor “Lee” and Langan “Lang” Swent, Doug Fuerstenau and others. The 104 interviews in the project covered the history of mining… Continue reading Dr. Roshan Bhappu: Science and Values in the Life of a Metallurgical Engineer
Khushru Patel Stands First in 75 year age Group at Mumbai Marathon
Rushing to the local bazaar for odds and ends, sprinting out with his siblings to spot the rare car turning into their lane, racing indoors and tracking mud across the floor, from the then-marshy land around their bungalow—running features prominently in Kushru Patel’s memories of his childhood. It is perhaps no wonder then that the… Continue reading Khushru Patel Stands First in 75 year age Group at Mumbai Marathon
How an accidentally distorted drawing of the Prophet led to a riot in 19th-century Mumbai
The image, published with a biography of the Prophet in a Gujarati magazine, led to Muslim and Parsi clashes for a month in 1851. Article by Mridula Chari | Scroll.in On a Friday towards the end of 1851, an unidentified person pasted a copy of a Gujarati article on the wall of the Jama Masjid… Continue reading How an accidentally distorted drawing of the Prophet led to a riot in 19th-century Mumbai
ZAGNY Presents Neville Bharucha in Concert
ZAGNY PRESENTS A WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT featuring Piano Virtuoso NEVILLE BHARUCHA from the UK and showcasing other accomplished Zoroastrian artists PIROOZI COOPER-WITTLIN – Oboe / English HornTARA JAMSHIDIAN – SopranoCYRUS MEHTA – ViolinLILEY MEHTA – Cello Our artists Piroozi, Tara, Cyrus and Liley need no introduction. They are honored to play in concert with… Continue reading ZAGNY Presents Neville Bharucha in Concert
